The British scene has changed a good deal ~ pub sessions and folk clubs are what they are ~ pubs and evening folk clubs continue to close and the audiences on weeknights tend to stay home ~ alcohol consumption like smoking have both diminished

Tendency for weekend and Friday nights to be popular although some long established clubs continue

Lack of folk club venues tends to focus on more mainstream venues where joining in on choruses is not necessarily encouraged ~ groups have safety in numbers and the usual long time served artists can survive, although main artists in duos and groups tend to be booked by those organisations that can afford them and have the capacity for audience numbers

Really folk clubs tend to be for their members to entertain themselves unless run as concert clubs ~ booking artist individually or in groups ~ Folk festivals do tend to cater for groups and solo artists: making a living is paramount for some and artist have become University lecturers on degree courses ~ EFDSS continues to provide good links etc

Fay Hield, Eliza Carthy, Nancy Kerr, Jon Boden, Matt Quinn, Jamie Roberts, Damien Barber, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, O'Hooley and Tidow, Geoff Lakeman, Rosie Hood Dan Quinn, Bryony Griffith
~~ then of course there are the defined "traditional" singers ~ not to be confused with the revival singers aforemention

Ray